Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
Discourse around the relevance of the album format and physical records have waxed and waned in the streaming era. However two of the world’s biggest (and most intensely monitored, in terms of appearance) pop stars reinforced the significance of the album cover – at times considered something of a casualty of streaming – as they marked their own return to...
As it enters its 15th year of business, wine investment company Cult – which helps people to create and manage their fine wine portfolio – has unveiled a refreshed visual identity. Designed by London-based studio Output, Cult’s new identity system nods to the wine sector with clever details, like the letterforms in the new wordmark. The curve of the C...
Questions around sustainability and responsibility loomed large this year, as did the ongoing effects of Covid – but 2021 also saw agencies find a renewed sense of fun The post Trends of 2021: The year in advertising appeared first on Creative Review....
For emerging photographers, the transition from your own Instagram feed to getting featured by a publication is like an indie band on SoundCloud getting signed to a label: you have arrived. Instagram boasts 1.2 billion unique users, making it incredibly easy to get started and unimaginably difficult to get noticed. However, for some visual storytellers, it does happen. Building a...
An essential part of generating this list of ten favourite book covers of the year is tracking down the designer behind each one. If that sounds rather obvious (it is the point of the post after all), the process can be trickier than you might think. While most covers are fairly easy to credit, particularly if shared by the designer,...
It’s a dark and gloomy night, and a group of monsters appear to be breaking into a house. They quickly make themselves at home, have a good rifle through the records, and chance upon Kevin Morby’s Beautiful Strangers – which is when it becomes clear these aren’t monsters, they’re friendly, albeit exceptionally hairy, Airbnb guests. The film follows them as...
The ad by Anomaly is inspired by Rea’s journey back home to Middlesborough in 1978 after he got stuck in London on Christmas Eve and his wife drove 250 miles to collect him in their black Mini. The song prompted by this trip is now firmly on the UK’s recurring collection of classic Christmas songs and its words are likely...
If 2020 was defined by time spent indoors, in 2021 we were asked to expand our horizons outwards – virtually. We look back at how NFTs and the metaverse took root in culture, how brands got in on the virtual act, and the ways in which creators addressed responsibility in tech The post Trends of 2021: The year in tech...
While 2021 has undoubtedly been an easier year than 2020 for those looking to shoot music videos with actual people and production teams, it’s interesting that some of the best shorts (to us, at least) have been those that don’t rely on things being literally all-singing, all-dancing live action extravaganzas. Perhaps a reflection of how our lives are increasingly lived...
Asafe Ghalib uses his photography practice as a means of looking outside of himself and lifting up the people around him, resulting in powerful yet intimate portraiture The post Zeitgeist: Asafe Ghalib appeared first on Creative Review....
This year has seen some major brand overhauls – some of which were even well received on Twitter – as well as ongoing love for nostalgia, digital minimalism and gradients The post Trends of 2021: The year in branding and logos appeared first on Creative Review....
German artist Yeye Weller’s first solo show in London is taking place at print store and gallery They Made This. Coordinated entirely through Instagram, the project took ten months to bring to fruition and has resulted in 11 joyful limited edition prints. The new set of illustrations comes together under the mantra Keep Smiling, which gives its name to the...
